Dateline (AU)

Season 2026

Dateline is an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on SBS One. Since its debut at 8:00 pm on Friday 19 October 1984, it has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations. Since 2000, Dateline reporters have travelled by themselves without a camera crew or sound engineers. It remains the longest-running international current affairs program in Australia.

Where to Watch Dateline (AU) • Season 2026

20 Episodes

  • ICE: America's Turning Point?
    E1
    ICE: America's Turning Point?The largest immigration crackdown in US history is tearing Minneapolis apart. Following two fatal shootings of anti-ICE protestors Dateline heads to the city to meet those caught up in the crisis.
  • Nepal's Gen Z Uprising
    E2
    Nepal's Gen Z UprisingDateline travels to Nepal to meet the Gen Z activists behind the uprising that toppled the government, and left 76 people dead and over two-thousand injured. What's next for the Himalayan nation?
  • Vienna: A Renters' Paradise
    E3
    Vienna: A Renters' ParadiseDateline travels to Vienna where fifty percent of the population is eligible for affordable and secure rent through social housing. What can Australia learn from Europe's largest landlord?
  • Slay Queens Of South Africa
    E4
    Slay Queens Of South AfricaA new generation of young women in South Africa known as 'slay queens' is monetising dating, and inspiring others to do the same. Behind the glitz Dateline uncovers the dangerous reality.
  • Glasgow: No Vacancy
    E5
    Glasgow: No VacancyGlasgow prided itself as the UK's most friendly city for asylum seekers. But now, facing a housing emergency, far-right politics is on the rise, stoking divisions in this once welcoming city.
  • American Veterans: The War Within
    E6
    American Veterans: The War Within
  • Grow Chocolate, Not Cocaine
    E7
    Grow Chocolate, Not CocaineAfter U.S. intervention in Venezuela, Colombia was warned it could be next. Dateline investigates plans to uproot cocaine crops and meets farmers in a deadly drug war.
  • North Korean Matchmakers
    E8
    North Korean MatchmakersStruggling to adapt to life in the South, many North Korean defectors turn to matchmaking services seeking security through marriage. But these agencies have faced criticism for promoting patriarchy.
  • Peru's Love Cheats
    E9
    Peru's Love CheatsThis deeply Catholic nation is facing a monogamy crisis, with divorce rates rising and many separations caused by infidelity. Dateline joins private detectives helping Peruvians uncover the truth.
  • Chateaux for Sale
    E10
    Chateaux for Sale
  • Singapore's Toughest Prison
    E11
    Singapore's Toughest PrisonAdam Liaw goes inside Changi Prison. With rare access to the maximum-security wing reserved for those convicted of the most serious offences, Dateline investigates Singapore's tough stance on crime.
  • Greek Islands: Built Up & Booked Out
    E12
    Greek Islands: Built Up & Booked OutWith 37 million tourists flocking to Greece each year, Dateline investigates the price of mass tourism as locals fear the iconic landscape is being pushed to its limit.
  • May 26
    E13
    TBA
  • Jun 2
    E14
    TBA
  • Jun 9
    E15
    TBA
  • Jun 16
    E16
    TBA
  • Jun 23
    E17
    TBA
  • Jun 30
    E18
    TBA
  • Jul 7
    E19
    TBA
  • Jul 14
    E20
    TBA

 

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